China completes pre-Lunar New Year restocking by early Feb Iron ore export realisations weaken as prices hit 8-month low Rising Chinese portside inventories reduce import demand Morning Brief: India’s iron ore and pellet exports declined sharply by 25% m-o-m in February 2026, slipping to their lowest level in four months, as weak demand from China,...Read More

NEW DELHI — Two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes are on their way to India to augment supplies for domestic consumers as the public sector oil and gas companies have stepped up imports from outside the Middle East amid the Iran war, a senior Central government official said on Wednesday.   “Crude supply remains secure....Read More

Nagpur: Disruptions in shipping routes due to the West Asia conflict has affected exports of agricultural commodities, pulses and steel products from Vidarbha and led to surge in prices of imported fruits in local markets.Vidarbha exports large volumes of rice, pulses and spices every month to several Gulf countries and Southeast Asian countries such as...Read More

Border Force payments account for 92% of all transactions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government’s new ePay platform, highlighting the territory’s heavy reliance on import duties. E. Jay Saunders, Minister for eGovernment, said the data confirms what officials have long understood about the local economy. “This validates what we’ve known for a long time,...Read More

Export containers stranded at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in Navi Mumbai on March 3, owing to the ongoing war in Iran. | Photo Credit: PTI The ongoing war between US-Israel and Iran has started impacting Indian exports, especially of agricultural produce, to West Asia, especially the Gulf nations. In Maharashtra, more than a thousand...Read More

On 19 February 2026, Indonesia and the United States (US) signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) called the “Implementation of the Agreement Toward a NEW GOLDEN AGE for the US-Indonesian Alliance”. The agreement eliminates tariffs on 1,819 Indonesian products, facilitating greater access to the US market. At first glance, the USD33 billion investment and...Read More

The New Zealand government will not move forward with plans to reinstate live animal exports by sea, ensuring the ban on the trade remains in place at least for this parliamentary term. Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard confirmed yesterday that Cabinet had been unable to reach agreement on reviving the industry. SAFE CEO Debra Ashton...Read More

The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has launched a Section 337 investigation concerning auto parts imported from Taiwan and China. This action follows a patent infringement complaint by General Motors, the Detroit-based automaker. The USITC has identified 20 respondents involved in this investigation. These include Jiangsu Srumto Auto Parts Co Ltd,...Read More

Last Updated:March 10, 2026, 23:48 IST Asian countries like Thailand, Bangladesh and Vietnam struggle to secure LNG amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Japan’s G7 plans joint oil stockpile release. The Middle East conflict, which began on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes on Iran, has disrupted regional energy oil flows. As the US-Israel...Read More

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 10 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has issued a trade notice today regarding the waiver of storage/dwell time charges and reefer plug-in charges for West Asia-bound export containers stranded in the port area due to geopolitical disturbances in the Gulf region. This move follows the directives issued by the...Read More